sty
Speech parts
1. sty - Noun
2. sty - Verb
Meaning
A pen or inclosure for swine.
A place of bestial debauchery.
To shut up in, or as in, a sty.
To soar; to ascend; to mount. See Stirrup.
An inflamed swelling or boil on the edge of the eyelid.
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One should be either sad or joyful. Contentment is a warm sty for eaters and sleepers.
A measly hog infects the whole sty.
Don't build the sty until the litter comes.
The pig in the sty doesn't know the pig going along the road.